Tammy Slaton breaks silence on surgery after losing ‘three whole versions of herself’
'I was overwhelmed with joy'
1,000lb Sisters star Tammy Slaton has had a truly huge transformation following her skin removal surgery, and she’s now broken her silence on her feelings surrounding the procedure.
In an interview with People she opened up about how she feels within herself, alongside the amazing amount she managed to lose in order to be approved for surgery.
She explained: “After six years and losing over 500 pounds, I was finally approved for surgery. I was just overwhelmed with excitement.
“I worked really hard for this, and now it’s here. I’m pretty sure it was noticeable on my face how immediately shocked and then overwhelmed with joy I was.”
Tammy Slaton underwent bariatric surgery in 2022 but then went for a skin removal procedure at the start of the year.
She admitted that the realities of the surgery started setting in the night before, saying she was more nervous for the skin removal than she was for the bariatric surgery.
She confessed: “I was really nervous for the skin removal surgery because I was really just kind of afraid of how I’m gonna feel looking at myself without the belly there.
“The night before my surgery, I was, like, seriously freaking terrified. I was even more nervous about having skin removal surgery than I was for the [sleeve gastrectomy] surgery because they’re actually cutting the whole belly!”
The entire surgery took eight hours, with doctors removing 18lbs of excess skin from her chin, arms and lower stomach.
Her recovery went very well, with Tammy “surprising” the doctors with how well she healed, and she was able to come home four days early.
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